Peru: People from Shuar Nation Occupy Mining Camp

A group of indigenous people from the Shuar Nation in the community of Nankints, in Morona Santiago, occupied the mining camp of Nankints on Monday, November 21.

Authorities from the Morona Santiago government, through a press release, classified the facts as an “unexpected armed attack by people of the Shuar Nation as well as unidentified people.”

Furthermore, they announced that preventative measures were being taken, for control and safety to avoid unnecessary incidents. “We affirm with certainty that there have been no injuries nor anyone taken hostage.”Meanwhile, they asked for calm and an effort to avoid the diffusion of unofficial information.

In Nankints, on August 2016, a Chinese mining company, Ecsa Ecuacorriente, was set up. On August 11, according to Luis Tiwiram, a union member of the firm, police and military personnel arrived and evicted folks from the land: 32 Shuar people, including children, were forced out of the zone and were taken in my “compañeros mestizos” in the Panantza parrish.

According to a bulletin from the CONFENIAE Governmental Counsel, at dawn on Monday community members from this zone as well as the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Ficsh Centers, “occupied the camp in a peaceful manner without any resistance from the workers.”

Until noon, tens of community members were positioned and denounced the intent to mobilize military personnel from other places; this situation has kept the population in maximum alert status.

Facing this situation, different indigenous organizations like the CONAIE express their support, and announce, “Anything that happens as a result of the use of public force will be the total responsibility of the national government,” warned Marlon Vargas, in a Puyo press conference.

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